Four large explosions hit Equatorial Guinea city of Bata, says local TV
MALABO (Reuters) - Four large explosions at a military base rocked the city of Bata in Equatorial Guinea on Sunday, according to people in the city and local media.
The cause of the blasts or how many were dead or wounded was not yet clear. Local television showed groups of people pulling bodies from piles of rubble, some of which were carried away wrapped in bed sheets.
Video here of extensive destruction and debris in a residential district:
https://www.dw.com/en/equatorial-guineas-largest-city-bata-rocked-by-explosions/a-56800173
I once visited an ammunition storage area on a military base in Equatorial Guinea. My company had explosives stored there and the Government wanted us to build a new magazine for both our stuff and their stuff. I’ll only say it was a very scary place indeed. Lots of old artillery shells and explosives in piles and boxes of stuff with fluids leaking out of them. I got out of there just as quick as I could. We didn’t build the magazine. This doesn’t surprise me at all.